Waiter there's something in my .... "Hermann Bread"
In Germany, there is a wheat sourdough called "Hermann" that is passed on from one person to the other. When you receive it, you also get a letter how to handle Hermann. First you fed it with one cup flour, one cup milk and half a cup of sugar. Then you let it grow for 5 days stiring each day but not with a metal spoon. For some reason that's important. Then you feed it again with the same ingredients and wait another 5 days. On the 10th day you divide Hermann. You use one part of baking a cake or bread and pass one part on to a friend. As far as I understand "Hermann" is similar to the Amish Friendship Bread. For more details on Hermann see this page. Last week I have got a "Hermann" from a friend. Since I do not eat much cake I tried to make a bread using Hermann. The result is really good. So I decided to join the "Waiter there's something in my ... Bread" event with my special Hermann Bread.
Ingredients:
1 cup Hermann
700g rye flour
400g wheat flour
2 dry yeast
3 teaspoons salt
3 tblsp vinegar
700ml water
Preparation:
Put the flour in a bowl and put Hermann, the yeast and some lukewarm water into the middle. Leave it stand for 20 minutes. Then add all other ingredients and mix it to a dough. Leave it stand covered for another 30 minutes. Then put in into a baking form and leave it for another 30 minutes. Then bake it in the oven at 200 C for 55 -60 minutes.
And here you go ....
Kar_la - 24. Apr, 11:25